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Rare disease
CASE REPORT
Isolated ulnopalmar dislocation of the fifth carpometacarpal joint
  1. Stefan Beekhuizen,
  2. Pieter Bas de Witte,
  3. Marijn Rutgers,
  4. David Ohanis
  1. Orthopaedic Surgery, HagaZiekenhuis, The Hague, The Netherlands
  1. Correspondence to Dr Marijn Rutgers, M.Rutgers{at}hagaziekenhuis.nl

Summary

Dislocations of the carpometacarpal (CMC) joints are uncommon and are frequently missed on standard radiographs of the hand. Dislocations could be dorsal or palmar; dorsal dislocations are seen more frequently. Palmar dislocations can be either ulnopalmar or radiopalmar. Stable CMC dislocations could be successfully treated conservatively, while unstable dislocations are mostly treated operatively. The purpose of this report is to present a patient with an isolated ulnopalmar dislocation of the fifth CMC joint, satisfactorily treated with closed reduction and casting.

  • orthopaedics
  • orthopaedic and trauma surgery

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2018-225363

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors SB: wrote the article. PBdW: treated the patient and corrected the article. MR: supervisor of the article. DO: wrote the article.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.